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BRACELET AND CLASP.

No. 252,441. g Patented Jan. 17,1882.

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it WILLIAM C. EDGE, OF NEWARK, NEYV JERSEY.

BRACELET AND CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,441, dated January 17, 1882.

Application filed November 19, 188i. (No model.) l I .To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM Q. EDGE, ot' Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Bracelets and Qlasps, of' which the following is a specification.

Figurel is a face View, partly in section, of Iny improved bracelet. Fig. 2 is aI face View of `the saine, showing it opened. Fig. 3 is an edge view of a modification of the same. Fig. 4t is a detail central longitudinal section ot' the joint between the two parts of the bracelet, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line c c,

Fig. 4.

,The object of this invention is to construct a bracelet which is made of tubular or other substantially rigid metal, so that it cati be conveniently opened or closed without necessitating the use ot' a hinge; and the invention consists in swiveling the two rigid parts of the bracelet together and providing them with a stop or stops at thejoint, so that the one part can be swung on the other to open the bracelet and to close the same. A suitable spring is provided to hold the bracelet normally in -its closed position.

\Vhen I speak of a bracelet in this specitica tion I do not propose to limit myselfto the application of my invention to bracelets proper, as it is also applicable to linger-rings and other clasping structures, more particularly to those pertaining to ornamental jewelry.

In the accompanying drawings, theletter A represents one halt' and the letter B the other half ofmy improved bracelet. Each of these halves is made of rigid material, preferably tubular, thematerial being either metal, hard rubber, or analogous substance. These two parts A and B are shown to be joined by a swivel-joint at the place where they abut, so that one of the parts may he swung on the other, as indicated in Fig. 2, to open the bracelet and facilitateits application to or removal from the arm, and then swung back into the position shown in Fig. 1 to close it on or off the arm. This swivel-joint is, by preference, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, although it may be ot' other suitable construction. f

In the construction shown in Fig. 4 the joint is produced by placing a tube, C, that has a head, a, into the parts A B, sothat said head a. shall bear against` an inwardly-projecting shoulder, b .in the portion A of the bracelet. The tube C is by a pin,1d, or otherwise rigidly secured in the part B of the bracelet. The head a has a portion of it cut away, so as to form stop-surt`aces c andf, and the inwardly-projecti'orm stops g and'h, as indicated in Fig. 5. When the portion 'B of the bracelet is turned so as to bring the stops 7" and g together, as

l; but when the partBof the bracelet is turned to bring-the parts e and h together the bracclet will be open, asin Fig. 2.

i is a spiral or other spring connecting with a piinj, inthe part A, and with the tube C or pin cl in the part B, its function being to hold the two parts of the bracelet normally in the position shown in Fig. l-to wit, closed.

As sa-id'before, I do not liin'it myself' to the particular form ot' joint shown, as any analo- ,gous or other form may answer the purpose,

swivel-joint allows one part, B, to turn "on the vbe provided to arrest thel movable port-ion in its extreme open position and prevent the overstraining of the spring.

Itis notnecessary that the spring be fastened to the pin j, as it may be attachel to any` other part ot' A. It is not necessary, even, that the inner tube, O, be used, as the `contiguous ends ot' the parts A and ,B may receive in suitable grooves or slotspins that will .arrest the movement iu ,opening4 and closing the bracelet and bracelet normally closed. Where a braceletis made of such a character, as shown in Fig. 3, that when closed itsends overlap, itt'uriiishes the stop for closing at its overlapping ends and does not require the stopsfg in thejoint.

described should be in the middle of the braceend, or there may be two or more of such joints ,in the bracelet. v

I claim-A l. In a bracelet, the combination oi' its rigid portions A B with the spring i, and with the stops @and h, all arranged so that the parts A B are swiveled together and lhave an open-ing let, as shown in Fig. 1, as it may be nearer oneV ing shoulder b has also portions cut away to 4 in Fig. 5. the'bracelet will be closed, as in Fig. i

all that is essential in thejoin't being that the i other part, A, and that the stops e and li should be combined with the spring for holdingthe Nor is it necessary that the swivel spring-joint y movement that is arrested by said stops, substopsfand e, and with the sprng i, substam ro stantially as specified. tially as specified.

2. In aA bracelet, the eombinatin of the This seeication of my invention signed by swiveled partsA B with the spring z' and stops me this 18th day of November, 1881. e h andfg, foreperation substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In zt bracelet, .the combination of the swiveled parts A Bwith the shoulder b, having stops ganci h, with the tube C, carrying;

WILLIAM C. EDGE.

Witnesses:

J OHNL. TUNBRTDGE WILLY G. E. SOHULTZ. 

